Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/baʕlat-
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This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Semitic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *baʕl- (“master”) + *-at- (feminine suffix).
Noun
[edit]*baʕlat- f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *baʕlat-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *baʕlatum | *baʕlatāna | *baʕlātum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *baʕlatim | *baʕlatayna | *baʕlātim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *baʕlatam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *baʕlatī / *baʕlatVya | — | *baʕlatVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *baʕlatVka | *baʕlatVkumā / *baʕlatVkumay | *baʕlatVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *baʕlatVki | *baʕlatVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *baʕlatVšu | *baʕlatVšumā / *baʕlatVšumay | *baʕlatVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *baʕlatVša | *baʕlatVšin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: the endings -m and -na are dropped in the bound form, which may also undergo syncopation of an unstressed final vowel where possible.
Note: the ending -V before the possessive endings responds to case: *baʕlatuya for nom. case, *baʕlatiya for gen. case, *baʕlataya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *baʕlat-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *baʕlat-
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Descendants
[edit]- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒎏 (bēltum)
- West Semitic:
References
[edit]- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN